Two-year-old critical after falling into a swimming pool
A helicopter was called to the scene to fly him to a specialist facility to give him the necessary care.
A two-year-old boy is in critical condition after he almost drowned in a private swimming pool in Thatchfield, Centurion, on Wednesday afternoon.
Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen said the child was found in the pool by a domestic worker.
“It is unknown how he got to the pool but the incident left him in a critical condition,” he said.
Van Reenen said they tried to stabilise him using numerous advanced life support methods but his condition was too severe.
“He was airlifted by the Netcare911 aeromedical helicopter to a specialist facility for the definitive care that he required.”
Van Reenen said the two-year-old was hospitalised.
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